Saturday 2 June 2012

Inductive and Deductive Reasoning - The sinking of the Kursk


Deductive
Inductive
A torpedo in the Kursk exploded causing the submarine to sink.  Upon hitting the seabed further torpedos inside the Kursk exploded and the crew were unable to be rescued or the submarine resurfaced in time and as a result all 118 sailors died. 

The Kursk was involved in Navy exercises in the Barents Sea which was being observed by the United States Navy who were close to the Kursk at the time it sunk. 

The collapse of the USSR resulted in funding cuts to the Northern Fleet of which the Kursk was part of, resulting in poor maintenance and checks of equipment.    


Russia had inadequate rescue equipment and systems and delayed its response to the sinking of the Kursk claiming the submarine had experienced technical difficulties and the rescue operation was hampered by bad weather.


Military standoffs, an after effect of the cold war, between the western powers and Russia resulted in Russia declining assistance from the Britain and the United States when the Kursk first sunk because protection of Government and military equipment secrets was of the utmost importance. 


An automatic emergency buoy was disabled during a previous mission due to fears of alerting the US Navy to the submarines location, resulted in no emergency buoy being deployed at the time the Kursk sunk.        

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